Shoe-lace tip.



PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904.

A. POTVIN.

SHOE LACE TIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1904,

N0 MODEL.

jjwvezzm UNITED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

AMELIA POTVIN, OF ALPENA, MICHIGAN.

SHOE-LACE TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,520, dated. August2, 1904.

Application filed March 9, 1904.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AMELIA POTVIN, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Alpena, in the county of Alpena and State of Michigan, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Lace Tips, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to shoe-lace tips, the object of the inventionbeing to provide a simple and effective device of this character whichcan be easily made and applied to a lace, and the improvement is of suchcharacter that when applied it prevents the end of a lace fromunraveling and is firmly held in position.

'hile I have termed my invention a shoelace tip, this should not beconstrued as a limitation, for the said tip can be used with equalfacility in conjunction with other kinds of laces-for example, thoseused with corsets, girdles, belts, &c.

The improved tip, which is made from the material usually adopted informing articles of this character, is provided with a longitudinal pininserted into the fabric of the lace, the free end of the pin in thepresent instance pointing toward the corresponding end of the lace. Saidpin is preferably upon a side of the tip, the opposite side of the tip,which when in use is of tubular form, overlying the pin to preventunbending of the latter or its withdrawal from the lace.

I have selected for illustration in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, one convenient embodiment of the invention,which I will describe at length in the following description; but I donot limit myself to the disclosure thus made, as certain minor changesmay be adopted within the scope of my invention set forth in the claimssucceeding said description.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lace-tipblank made in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation ofone end of a lace, showing the manner of introducing the pin or tongueof the blank into the end of said lace. Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectional elevation of the end of the lace and tip thereon in workingrelation. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevation of the lace-tip.

Serial No. 197,280. (No model.)

As previously indicated, the improved tip is formed of the materialusually adopted in making devices of a similar character. The blank 2,from which the finished article is to be formed, may be stamped from asheet of tin in some suitable way, the blank when stamped presenting ashape that is approximately a parallelogram. Concurrently with thestamping of the blank from a sheet of tin or similar material alongitudinal slit is formed along a side edge of the blank, therebyproducing an elongated pin 3, or the blank may be slitted after it isstamped from its sheet, as may be found most expedient in practice. Thispin is adapted to be introduced into the fabric of the lace 4 at the endof the latter. In the present case the pin is so introduced into thefabric that the free end of such pin will point toward the correspondingend of the lace, whereby when the tip is in its finished condition thepossibility of the tip being pulled from the lace is exceedinglylimited. After the pin is introduced into the lace I roll the blank 2about the lace and in doing so bring that edge or side of the blankwhich is not provided with a pin over such pin. When so rolled, theblank makes the finished tip, which it will be found presents a tubularform and incloses the end of the lace, as well as houses and protectsthe pin 3, effectually preventing the latter from unbending and leavingthe lace.

The tubular tip shaped from the blank 2 closely hugs the end of thelace, and pressure of a suitable nature can be utilized to bring aboutthis result. It will be found that when the tip is applied to the laceit cannot, except under extraordinary conditions, be pulled therefrom,owing to the penetration of the lace by the pin constituting a part ofthe tip, while at the same time the body of the tip thoroughly protectsthe pin. The tip in addition to possessing the advantages pointed outalso prevents unraveling of the lace. Preferably the free end of the pin3 is pointed to insure its more ready insertion into a lace.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- 1. The combinationof a lace and a tubular tip therefor, having a longitudinal pin along Iparallelograminic form, slit near one edge to form a pin, said edgeforming one side of the pin, and the other side being formed by a Wallof the slit. v

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- 5 nesses.

AMELM POTVIN.

Witnesses:

FRANK Gr. Po'rvm, TENA NEUBERT.

